Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-03-19
SPORTING GOSSIP.
The Coming of Beach, the Australian
Sculler, to America-Other Matters.
NEW YORK, Mar

SCuller, to Amerlca-Other Matters.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, March Z.
The Turf, Field and Farm is authority for
the statement that $4,000 was the amount
offered William Beach, the Australian, cham
pion sculler of the world, to come to this
country to row Hanlan and Gaudaur
very much doubt that any such offer was
made, but even if it should really prove
to be true, and Beach should come over
here and defeat both Hanlan and Gaudaur
(which feel sure he would not be able to
do, it would prove nothing, as Teemer could
with very little trouble outrow either of the
Americans, and, ! think, the Australian as
well. Beach realizes that he is getting past
the time of life when an oarsman should be in
his prime, and will make no matches with
first class oarsmen unless he has things ar
ranged to his own satisfaction.
***
Evan Lewis, the "Strangler,r and Joe
Acton, the Little Demon" will wreste their
second match, best three in five, catch as
catch can STYLE at Chicago, March IA. In
the coming event the conditions will be
slightly different from those which prevailed
at their last meeting, three points now
being necessary to constitute a fall.
As have before stated, Acton,
if he wants to land he is generally tout for the
money!, will win almost as he pleases. He is
the one man upon whom the strange" can
not be made to work. Lewis, by the way,
wrcstled Jack Carkeek few nights since at
Minneapolis, and the latter was unable to do
anything after the first bout, owing to Lewis
strange" and chang hold, which practically
put him hors de combat.
***
Dominick Mccartney may impress some
few of his ardent admirers with the belief
that he is not afraid of any of the heavy
weights, but will confess that l am Of the
opinion that Dom always wants both ends
and the middle of the string. For instance,
it was announced a few weeks ago that
Dominick would shortly fill a weeks
engagement at the Comique, Philadelphia,
meeting all corners. The engagement
begins tonight, but in looking over the names
of those who are to meet Mccartney have
failed to find one who should not be simple
marker" for any first class heavy weight in
the country. The two best men whom he is
to meet are Fallon, the young Brooklyn
giant" who will be good one when he is
little older, and Denny Killen, brother to Pat.
***
Pat Killen verified my prediction made
few days ago when speaking of the Killen-
Mcdonald ten round fight. The battle oc-
Cured on Friday night, at Minneapolis, and
true to his word, Killen knocked out Nc
Donald Duncan c. senseless in the second
round He would serve Patsey Cardiff, the
"Windbag," the same way with few more
rounds as leeway. Patsey knows this, how
ever. and fights shy of the strong man from
Duluth ***
The League meeting which is to be held to-
day at the Fifth Avenue hotel, this city. will
etfoctually dispose of the much mooted ques-
ton of the eighth club. There seems to be
very general impression that indianapolis
will be the fortunate city. do not positively
assert it, but will venture the opinion that
Indianapolis will not "get there" even if
Kansas City should also fail to do so.
OCTY COHEN.